The Crimea: Its Ancient And Modern History: the Khans, the Sultans, And the ...
The Crimea: Its Ancient And Modern History: the Khans, the Sultans, And the ...
Thos Thomas Milner
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But want of forage and provisions compelled the commander, General Leontew, to abandon the enterprise while on the march ; and he retraced his steps with the loss of ten thousand men, from disease, hardship, and privation. There was no efficient commissariat. In the following year, after immense preparations had been made, the attempt was renewed. Not till then did the Porte believe in the reality of war, for the Bussian ambassador had remained at Constantinople, re- ceiving the courtesies of t...he grand vizier, as if nothing had occurred, or was likely to occur, to produce hostile relations. The sultan, Mahmoud L, anxious to avoid a struggle, sought the mediation of Austria. But after professedly entertaining the proposal, that perfidious court entered the lists as an antagonist, formed a coalition with Bussia, and both o 4 Digitized by Google 200 THE CBIM£A. powers bore down with all their force upon the Ottoman frontiers. Early in the year 1736, the Russian troops as- sembled in the Ukraine, and marched towards Azof, while a flotilla under Admiral Bredale descended the Don.
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